Word: shaposhnikova
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Among Eastern bloc teams, the Soviet Union showed its usual depth and set two women's world records. No new sports monolith rose from obscurity in the way East Germany did in 1972. But a tiny star may have been born. Natalia Shaposhnikova, 18, an 84-lb. Soviet gymnast, captured both the all-round competition and the fancy of onlookers; "Natasha" may well become the Olga Korbut...
Later the Soviet Government will erect a memorial to Marshal Shaposhnikov, architect of victory. For the present, the Government awarded 200,000 rubles cash to his pretty actress wife, Marie Shaposhnikova of the Bolshoi Theater, plus 5,000 a month for life...
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